Posted by Allan Wilson on the 5th May, 2017
[INFORMATION FROM COMMUNICATION MATTERS] People with communication difficulties don’t always get the support they need in the community. It would help if we had a UK symbol for businesses and organisations to show that they can support people with communication difficulties. Busines...
Posted by Claire Harrison on the 4th May, 2017
Do you have BIGmacks, talking buttons or Step-by-Steps lurking dustily at the back of a cupboard in your classroom? Are you confused about the difference between a Smooth Talker and a QuickTalker S? Do you have no idea what any of these are, let alone how and why you would use them?! If so, our...
Posted by Joanna Courtney on the 28th March, 2017
As many of you out there with young children will know, actor Tom Hardy has been causing quite a stir by reading the Mother’s Day bedtime story on C-Beebies! If you missed it, you can watch Tom reading Ross Collins’ Bookbug Picture Book Prize nominated story ‘There’s a ...
Posted by Shirley Lawson on the 23rd March, 2017
Have you been looking for a forum to discuss Assistive Technology with like minded people? This could be the one for you... We have created a new email forum, ‘CALL Assistive Technology (AT) Community. It’s an informal space for people with a common interest to: Share ideas and re...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 22nd March, 2017
The Pupil Equity Fund is worth £120 million which will be directly allocated to schools to help reduce the poverty attainment gap. In a previous blog I suggested that it could be appropriate to use PEF to invest in Assistive Technology. So is there evidence that Assistive Technology does impac...
Posted by Allan Wilson on the 22nd March, 2017
Teachers in Scotland who have a Glow account can now download for free the Microsoft Office 2016 apps on up to 15 personal devices; up to 5 PCs or Macs, 5 tablets (Windows, iPad and Android) and 5 phones. Making these apps available helps Glow users take full advantage of the opportunities these too...
Posted by Allan Wilson on the 21st March, 2017
CALL has managed to arrange licensing of Cereproc's excellent Scottish computer voices, Heather, Stuart and Ceitidh for use in Scottish state schools and colleges, and for a number of other charities and public bodies. See the Scottish Voice web site for full details of who can have free access ...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 10th March, 2017
On Wednesday March 8th, we were honoured to host the launch of the revised Addressing Dyslexia Toolkit, by John Swinney, Deputy First Minister, and Sir Jackie Stewart, president of Dyslexia Scotland. The event was chaired by Professor Charlie Jeffrey, Senior Vice-Principal of the University of Edinb...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 10th March, 2017
Many learners with additional support needs struggle to write, spell and therefore to produce high quality written work. Feedback from teachers and learners, and our recent Talking in Exams Project, suggests that modern speech recognition software has considerable potential to help learners with wri...
Posted by Robert Stewart on the 9th March, 2017
When we loan out and recommend iPads with communication apps for AAC users, we also need to provide a functional carry case that has several key features. It needs to be: lightweight, able to withstand drops and knocks, have both a handle and a stand for communication in different settings and also...
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